Wooden kachina doll

Wooden kachina doll in form of baby swaddled and bound to a cradle -board used to familiarise girls with kachina ceremony, Pueblo Indians, USA, 1910-1920

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A301493
Materials:
wood, hide, cane and cotton
Measurements:
board: length 380 mm
board: width 95 mm
doll: length 260 mm
doll (approx): width 50 mm
type:
dolls